Genetic and biological diversity among populations of Leishmania major from Central Asia, the Middle East and Africa

Microbes and Infection

Volumn 7, Issue 1, 2005, Pages 93-103

  Elfari, Mustafa ^a   Schnur, Lionel F ^b   Strelkova, Margarita V ^c   Eisenberger, Carol L ^b   Jacobson, Raymond L ^b   Greenblatt, Charles L ^b   Presber, Wolfgang ^a   Schönian, Gabriele ^a  

^a CHARITÉ UNIVERSITÄTSMEDIZIN BERLIN   (Germany)

^b HEBREW UNIVERSITY   (Israel)

^c I M SECHENOV FIRST MOSCOW STATE MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (Russian Federation)

Author keywords

Cross infection; Genetic markers; Leishmania major; Variation

Indexed keywords

AFRICA; ARTICLE; ASIA; BIODIVERSITY; CONTROLLED STUDY; DNA SEQUENCE; GENE AMPLIFICATION; GENE TARGETING; GENETIC POLYMORPHISM; GENETIC VARIABILITY; GEOGRAPHY; HOST PARASITE INTERACTION; LEISHMANIA MAJOR; MIDDLE EAST; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PERMISSIVELY PRIMED INTERGENIC POLYMORPHIC POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SINGLE STRAND CONFORMATION POLYMORPHISM; STRAIN DIFFERENCE;

EID: 15944403466     PISSN: 12864579     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.micinf.2004.09.010     Document Type: Article

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